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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Coburn Gore, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Coburn Gore and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Coburn Gore:
- 45.378748, -70.805730
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Coburn Gore
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Franklin County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Franklin County
- Since Coburn Gore is near Somerset County and also Coos County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Somerset County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Coos County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Coburn Gore
Curious and Interesting Names Near Coburn Gore ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Boundary
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boundary
- Dell
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dell
- Ditchfield
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Echo Vale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Loon Lake
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Loon Lake is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loon Lake
- Moosehorn ‑ Historic
(Less than 2 miles to the northeast)
- Moosehorn is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moosehorn
- Pleasant Island
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Pleasant Island is located in Oxford County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Island
- Round Mountain
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Round Mountain is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Mountain
- Scotstown
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Skinner
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Skinner is located in Franklin County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Skinner
How Far From Coburn Gore to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers, Almanacs & Directories that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Coburn Gore to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<1> beginning in Coburn Gore and extending to:
- Farmington, which is the Seat of Franklin County, lies 58 miles [93.3 km]<1> to the south southeast. If you could walk a straight line from Coburn Gore to Farmington, with an average speed<2> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take most of three days to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take over two days.
- Augusta, which is the State Capital of Maine, lies 89 miles [143.2 km] to the southeast (SE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take less than two hours, a buggy would take most of three days and walking would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 549 miles [883.5 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving would take just over a day, a buggy would take 22 days and walking would take 32 days.
- The shortest distance<3> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 5,378 miles [8,655.1 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<4>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 6,097 miles [9,812.2 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<5>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 3,973 miles [6,393.9 km] and it lies to the east northeast (ENE).<6>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Coburn Gore) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <3> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Coburn Gore to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Coburn Gore. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 45.3787, Longitude: -70.8057 |
| <4> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 303.322 degrees. |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 299.356 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 298.835 degrees. |
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